Porras, Jon / Black Mesa
| Album: | Black Mesa | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Porras, Jon | Added: | May 2012 | |
| Label: | Thrill Jockey Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2012-05-26 | Pull Date: | 2012-07-29 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
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| Week Ending: | Jul 29 | Jul 22 | Jul 15 | Jul 8 | Jul 1 | Jun 24 | Jun 17 | Jun 10 |
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| Airplays: | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 13, 2022: | Reckless Burning (rebroadcast from Feb 18, 2017)
Into The Black Mesa |
4. | Feb 18, 2017: | Reckless Burning
Into The Black Mesa |
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| 2. | Mar 05, 2020: | Being as an ocean
Candlelight Mirage |
5. | Apr 01, 2015: | minimum entropy
Into Midnight |
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| 3. | Mar 04, 2017: | Reckless Burning
Candlelight Mirage |
6. | Sep 11, 2014: | Maximum Coalescence
Into Midnight |
Album Review
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Reviewed 2012-05-25
Reviewed 2012-05-25
One half of local dronesters Barn Owl
Perfectly named. This could easily be a soundtrack to one of Cormac McCarthy's books. Bleak barren desert scrub land. Restrained and brooding, yet inexplicably appealing. Its spirit lies hidden behind countless veils of mystery, yet it beckons you to come forward and find it.. Hypnotic and haunting. My words can't do justice to the dark solitary beauty of this album.
1. (9:25) A piece in three parts. Long tired cowboy gait. Turns solitary and sparse, introspective. Suddenly a rolling gait comes out of nowhere, guitars pick up momentum and wail
2. (6:01) More drone and guitar - early evening dusky stillness. Fake out at -2:30. Layers and layers and layers of quiet guitar haze
3. (5:31) Heart wrenching then picks up only to drone out
4. (5:23) Subtle wailing guitars, overlaid rhythms then drone and tired gait returns
5. (5:47) Quiet, insects chirping, picks up towards the end
6. (8:53) Quiet intro, slow subtle wailing guitar, 5 min through picks up into something that's almost catchy
7. (6:53) Mystic humming, jingling bells, feedback wall then the theme outros
Perfectly named. This could easily be a soundtrack to one of Cormac McCarthy's books. Bleak barren desert scrub land. Restrained and brooding, yet inexplicably appealing. Its spirit lies hidden behind countless veils of mystery, yet it beckons you to come forward and find it.. Hypnotic and haunting. My words can't do justice to the dark solitary beauty of this album.
1. (9:25) A piece in three parts. Long tired cowboy gait. Turns solitary and sparse, introspective. Suddenly a rolling gait comes out of nowhere, guitars pick up momentum and wail
2. (6:01) More drone and guitar - early evening dusky stillness. Fake out at -2:30. Layers and layers and layers of quiet guitar haze
3. (5:31) Heart wrenching then picks up only to drone out
4. (5:23) Subtle wailing guitars, overlaid rhythms then drone and tired gait returns
5. (5:47) Quiet, insects chirping, picks up towards the end
6. (8:53) Quiet intro, slow subtle wailing guitar, 5 min through picks up into something that's almost catchy
7. (6:53) Mystic humming, jingling bells, feedback wall then the theme outros
Track Listing
| 1. | Into Midnight | 5. | Embers At Dusk | |||
| 2. | Blue Crescent Vision | 6. | Into The Black Mesa | |||
| 3. | Candlelight Mirage | 7. | Beyond The Veil | |||
| 4. | Desert Flight | . |